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Paid childminder fee during lockdown but childminder now closed business. Help please!
Hi Wondering if anyone could help us in regards to where we stand with this. Any advice would be a huge help! During the coronavirus pandemic we were unable to send our children to their childminder as we were not keyworkers and were furloughed. We spoke with our childminder and agreed we would pay a reduced payment (of…
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Eat out to help out
Dined out in restaurant in Wales tonight Tues 4th and 50% discount NOT applied to all the menus. They had specific 2 course menu at £20 marked up as EOHO and another separate menu sheet. Upon paying bill was told 50% discount didn’t apply to food on this one which we had ordered from - 2 steaks £19.50 each and £5 for two…
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Capital One Chargeback
Has anyone used Capital One for the above during the current pandemic ? Just wondering how they have been performing. I had a fairly swift result from them when Flybe went under earlier in the year. The Target...surprise surprise.... Last Minute.con I am sick of their prevarication, flouting of consumer legislation and…
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Quarantine
In quarantine from holiday for 14 days so lost 14 days work went on holiday when no quarantine changed when over there will I be able to claim second seiss grant as after 14th July
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TUI reduced facilities
Hi I have booked to go Turkey in October 2020 and received an email today from TUI to say that due to covid19, the waterpark and other facilities will not be open at my hotel. The reason for booking this particular hotel was the waterpark. They have offered to switch me to a different hotel but I would prefer to stay where…
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On the beach cancellation charges
Hi, Once the government decided to cancel the quarantine period for returning from Spain, we decided to try to salvage our summer by booking a weeks holiday package to Spain with On The Beach. We paid a £330 deposit and were looking forward to getting away at the end of September. Since then, the government have…
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i think i've been scammed by Ryanair ?
Hi, New to this forum. As Ryanair advertised its return of flying to certain places , i thought i'd book a few days in (Dublin) Ireland.... I booked my wife and 3 kids for this coming 24th August and to return on 27th. i booked this about 2 weeks ago, then a few days back i got an email that they changed the outgoing day…
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Coronavirus / Car Finance Holiday Difficulty
Hi everyone, I was furloughed back in early May and expect to return to work sometime towards the end of this month. I have been received 80% of my normal pay. My partner is self-employed and has also been affected. When the FCA announced car finance payment holidays, I promptly contacted my finance provider, CLS Finance…
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Can't get my refund from Direct Ferries
In early July I booked a ferry crossing to Ireland with Direct Ferries. I deliberately bought a higher-price ticket because it included the possibility to cancel and get a refund. Since Ireland has kept its quarantine restrictions for English visitors I duly cancelled. But Direct Ferries is insisting on giving me a voucher…
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HSBC chargeback for ryanair floghts
So we had three flights booked for the last week of june. They didn’t happen and despite asking for my money back i received a voucher. I have requested a chargeback off HSBC (pair on credit card) in June, and has been told twice on the hsbc livechat that there is a “special team” dealing with this and i should jus wait 60…
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BBL & Personal Debt
Hi, New to the forum and was hoping i could get some help/advice. My situation is as below; Sole Trader; Financial year for me starts with a £0 balance in the business account. Required 5k via BBL, took 17.5k as interest rate was so low. So business financial year for me then shows 17.5k come in as a loan. After using the…
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Majorca needing insurance
Hi! We’ve been in Majorca for a month (from the UK) and have had insurance to cover this time. We now need to stay for an extra week but cannot extend our existing policy due to the UKs FCO advise. Wondering if anyone knows of any options - (Spanish private health insurance? Travel insurance policies from another country…
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Getting Travel Insurance for Trip to Cornwall?
Trips out of the country are gone so booking b&b in this country. But should I be getting insurance for this trip in case something goes wrong (i.e. local lockdown at either end, or going down ill). Never considered buying travel insurance for a trip within the UK before - is it a good idea and who from?
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Not accruing holiday whilst on furlough
I've been on furlough as a full-time employee since the scheme began, and was asked to sign a letter from the company back in March agreeing to be furloughed. There is a clause written in that states I am not accruing annual leave whilst on furlough, however after reading government advice I couldn't see any guidance on…
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Handed in notice whilst furloughed
Hi all, I have been furloughed since beginning of April. I get paid monthly. I have just given my company 4 weeks notice of myself leaving on 30th August due to new employment. Will this affect any monies coming to me? I.e august pay in September and holidays owed? I am currently on job retention scheme Thanks
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Dubai Covid-19 Test
Hi, we have a family holiday (2 adults and 2 children) booked for Dubai in October but our travel agent has told us to gain entry we need to take a Covid-19 test 96 hours before we travel and have certificates that we are negative. The price of the tests including fit to fly certificates are £150 each which takes the total…
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Furlough entitlement?
I was made redundant on Friday 13th March 2020 but my gripe is that I was led to believe my company was putting me on garden leave till the 31st March2020. After a verbal discussion with HR ( I know verbal??) They agreed that I could go on garden leave from Friday 13th March 2020. On Sunday 15th Boris Johnson announced…
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Vueling flights refund not received
I made a booking via Love Holidays for a trip in April 2020, hotel booking has been refunded & Vueling flights refunds confirmed. However to date, refunds for the flights are still outstanding. I have contacted every phone & email I can find for both companies but without success. Can you please advise how I should…
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Quarantine change whilst abroad - wages
I'm meant to be going to France, for a week, on Saturday but am wary of the quarantine rules changing whilst I'm away. As it stands I won't have to quarantine upon my return but if Boris changes this, whilst I'm away, should my place of work pay me if I have to quarantine for two weeks? Decisions, decisions.
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PayPal/Credit Card Ryanair Refund
Apologies if this has been discussed, I’m new to the page but desperate for help. I was meant to fly today with Ryanair. Ryanair are still flying but we are observing the FCO guidelines. On Saturday we decided to change our flights to next year as we were scared of loosing the money we had saved for the original flights…
